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Fast and Portable Drug Testing: Dual-Method Prototype Shows Promise for Court-Admissible Drug Testing

Date Published

March 12, 2021

Researchers integrate two independent, validated drug-testing techniques – mass spectrometry and Raman spectroscopy – onto a single platform prototype for fast and accurate analysis of seized substances.

New Method for Measuring Human Decomposition Could Significantly Impact Medicolegal Death Investigations

Date Published

April 2021

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Field Sobriety Tests and THC Levels Unreliable Indicators of Marijuana Intoxication

Date Published

April 2021

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Optimization of Ultrahigh-Speed Multiplex PCR for Forensic Analysis

Journal

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Date Published

2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Remote Testimony

Event Dates

March 24, 2021, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Series

ASCLD Covid-19 Emerging Issues

Application for Funding to Support the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

2016-MU-BX-K007

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2021

$3,341,165

Remote Work in the Forensic Lab

Event Dates

March 17, 2021, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Series

ASCLD Covid-19 Emerging Issues

Fast and Portable Drug Testing: Dual-Method Prototype Shows Promise for Court-Admissible Drug Testing

Date Published

March 2021

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Comparison of the Lund and Browder Table to Computed Tomography Scan Three-dimensional Surface Area Measurement for a Pediatric Cohort

Journal

Journal of Surgical Research

Date Published

January 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Stability and Persistence of Touch DNA for Forensic Analysis

Event Dates

March 11, 2021, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Structural Characterization of Emerging Synthetic Drugs by Mass Spectrometry

Event Dates

March 5, 2021, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Low-Cost Isothermal Amplification Microdevice for Rapid Colorimetric Detection Applied to Body Fluid Identification and Y-screening

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Human Organ Tissue Identification by Targeted RNA Deep Sequencing to Aid in the Investigation of Shooting and Other Traumatic Bodily Injury Incidents

Date Published

January 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Forensic Body Fluid Identification Using Microbiome Signature Attribution

Date Published

September 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Rotational Platform-Driven Microdevice for Differential Separation, Purification, and Amplification of Sexual Assault Forensic Samples

Date Published

January 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

National Institute of Justice 2018 Annual Report

Date Published

February 2021

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Report (Annual/Periodic)

Child Abuse or Accident? Bringing Science to Pediatric Emergency Departments and Forensic Investigations

Date Published

February 2021

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Child Abuse or Accident? Bringing Science to Pediatric Emergency Departments and Forensic Investigations

2018 NIJ Forensic Science Research and Development Symposium

Event Dates

February 20, 2018

Location

Online

Seattle, WA

Event Type

Symposium

Registration Status

Not Required

Series

NIJ Forensic Science Research and Development Symposium

Mixtures, Microhaps, and Modeling, Oh My!! Cutting-Edge Research in Forensic DNA Analysis from Early-Career Scientists

Event Dates

September 18, 2018

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Rapid DNA's Role in Disaster Victim Identification

Event Dates

May 2, 2019

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Marijuana or Hemp: From Farm Bill to Forensic Analysis

Event Dates

January 15, 2020

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Network Forensics: Challenges and Tools

Event Dates

August 12, 2020

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Elements of DNA Profile Interpretation and Probabilistic Genotyping

Event Dates

May 1, 2019

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Series

Probabilistic Genotyping Of Evidentiary DNA Typing Results Webinar Series

3D-ID-Geometric Morphometric Classification of Crania For Forensic Scientists Software Best Practices

Event Dates

August 16, 2018

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required